Transfer Rumour Zaha with poll

How do you feel about Zaha joining?


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You don't want to be condecending to Palace because we had it a few years ago and its not pleasent.

But if Zaha is an £80 million player, what is he doing at Palace?

I like Palace, their fans are generally sound, but a team brining in Jordan Ayew and Camarasa aren't going to challenge the top 6. They would do well to finish in the top half. If he can't make a to a top 6 team, he may as well go to a club that is least trying to get there by showing ambition.

Unofrtunaely, we have seen it ourselves. When a player becomes so valuable, he is moving at a quicker pace than a club that he is at.

We were full of optimism in 2016, we had money to spend. But when City came in for Stones and offered good money, he was always going to move because City were much further ahead in their development and were the right enviroment for a player of his quality.

When Rooney left in 2004 for £27 million, it really hurt. But it wasn't for 10 years, in 2014, when we were able to spend a similar amount on Lukaku. When Rooney was sold, we broke our transfer record the following January when we sepnd £6 million for Beattie.

Its levels sadly, in 2004 a player worth £27 million (probably should have gone for more) wasn't going to stay at a club who could only afford to bring in Marcus Bent for £450,000 and Cahill for £1.5 million.

The same applies to Zaha. Even if we accept he is overpriced at £80 million and that his true value is £60 million, what is he doing at Palace, when you look at their spending power and ability to match their own ambition.

At 26 nearly 27, the lad should look to move on to prove himself at a higher level. If a top 6 club don't want him and he doesn't fancy a move abroad, where does that leave him?
 

Sky have been at their training ground all morning haven't they? They haven't reported him still being there. How would Nixon know?
they said he wasnt training with crystal palace,but would check were he was,maybe they didnt know he was in Gym if he was etc,probably say it on next follow up
 


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